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"plainText": "Horton Foote, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, was born on March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Texas. He says at the age of ten, he had a \"calling\" to become an actor, and when he was 16 he convinced his parents to allow him to go to acting school. With their blessing he went to Pasadena, California, where he studied acting for two years at the Pasadena Playhouse. Subsequently, he moved to New York City and studied at Tamara Daykarhanova's Theatre School where he was inculcated with Michael Chekhov's version of the Second Studio technique developed at the Moscow Art Theatre. In time, Foote the dramatist would be hailed as the \"American Chekhov,\" and his education does link him to the Russian master.\n\nFoote was one of the founders of the American Actors Company. He racked up some minor roles on stage, and decided that becoming a dramatist was his best insurance policy for ensuring he received decent roles. In 1944 he made his Broadway debut with \"Only the Heart.\" His fate was sealed when he received better reviews for his writing than for his acting.\n\nThroughout the 1940s Foote continued to write for the theater, including experimental works. He started to write for television to support himself, soon becoming one of the mainstays of the Golden Age of television drama. He wrote teleplays for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and The United States Steel Hour (1953). Foote won an Oscar for Best Adapted screenplay for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), which was the movie debut of Robert Duvall. Foote also continued to prosper on Broadway, with his plays \"The Chase,\" \"The Trip to Bountiful\" with Lillian Gish and \"The Traveling Lady\" with Kim Stanley.\n\nAfter the film of \"Mockingbird,\" Foote adapted \"The Traveling Lady\" as the movie Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965), but he began to grow disillusioned with Hollywood due to its treatment of his work. Despite being produced by multiple Oscar-winner Sam Spiegel, adapted by Lillian Hellman, and directed by Arthur Penn, as well as featuring one of Marlon Brando's finest performances, the film version of The Chase (1966) was a debacle. It was excoriated by the critics and a flop at the box office.\n\nNow out of favor both in Hollywood and on Broadway, Foote went into an exile of sorts in New Hampshire. Ten years after \"To Kill a Mockingbird,\" Duvall gave a brilliant performance in Tomorrow (1972), the movie made from Foote's adaptation of William Faulkner's eponymous story. The film is a small masterpiece, and was well-reviewed by critics. Foote, whom Duvall calls \"the rural Chekhov,\" wrote an original screenplay for the actor ten years after their collaboration on \"Tomorrow.\" Tender Mercies (1983) brought both of them Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay for Foote and Best Actor for Duvall. A couple of years later, Geraldine Page would win the Best Actress Oscar for Foote's The Trip to Bountiful (1985), which brought him his third Academy Award nomination.\n\nIn the 1970s he presented his nine-play cycle \"Orphans' Home,\" based on his family. He remained active as as dramatist and screenwriter throughout the 1980s and '90s, and in 1995, his play \"The Young Man From Atlanta,\" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Nominated for an Emmy in 1959 for adapting Faulkner's short story \"The Old Man\" for \"Playhouse 90,\" he would win the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special 42 years later for his second adaptation of the story (Old Man (1997)). He remains active in the 21st century, well into his 90s.\n\nAmong Foote's prose works are \"Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood\" (1999), an account of life in Wharton, Texas. Hoote created the fictional town of Harrison, Texas, which he used as the locale for many of his plays. The first two installments of his autobiography, \"Farewell,\" and \"Beginnings,\" were published in 1999 and 2001, respectively.\n\nIn addition to his Pulitzer Prize and two Oscars, Foote was honored with the William Inge Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre in 1989, a Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998, the Writer's Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement award in 1999, and the PEN American Center's Master American Dramatist Award in 2000.\n\nHorton Foote's success can be attributed to his honest examination of the human condition, and why some people survive tragedies while others are destroyed. His central themes of the sense of belonging and longing for home have resonate with audiences for 60 years."
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"bioHtml": "Horton Foote, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist and Oscar-winning\nscreenwriter, was born on March 14, 1916, in Wharton, Texas. He says at\nthe age of ten, he had a "calling" to become an actor, and when he was\n16 he convinced his parents to allow him to go to acting school. With\ntheir blessing he went to Pasadena, California, where he studied acting\nfor two years at the Pasadena Playhouse. Subsequently, he moved to New\nYork City and studied at <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0206699/\">Tamara Daykarhanova</a>'s Theatre School where he was\ninculcated with <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0155011/\">Michael Chekhov</a>'s version of the Second Studio technique\ndeveloped at the Moscow Art Theatre. In time, Foote the dramatist would\nbe hailed as the "American Chekhov," and his education does link him to\nthe Russian master.<br/><br/>Foote was one of the founders of the American Actors Company. He racked\nup some minor roles on stage, and decided that becoming a dramatist was\nhis best insurance policy for ensuring he received decent roles. In\n1944 he made his Broadway debut with "Only the Heart." His fate was\nsealed when he received better reviews for his writing than for his\nacting.<br/><br/>Throughout the 1940s Foote continued to write for the theater,\nincluding experimental works. He started to write for television to\nsupport himself, soon becoming one of the mainstays of the Golden Age\nof television drama. He wrote teleplays for <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0048893/\">Playhouse 90 (1956)</a>, <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0040049/\">The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)</a> and\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0045449/\">The United States Steel Hour (1953)</a>. Foote won an Oscar for Best Adapted screenplay for <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0497369/\">Harper Lee</a>'s\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0056592/\">To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)</a>, which was the movie debut of <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0000380/\">Robert Duvall</a>. Foote also continued to\nprosper on Broadway, with his plays "The Chase," "The Trip to\nBountiful" with <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0001273/\">Lillian Gish</a> and "The Traveling Lady" with <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0822535/\">Kim Stanley</a>.<br/><br/>After the film of "Mockingbird," Foote adapted "The Traveling Lady" as\nthe movie <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0058930/\">Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)</a>, but he began to grow disillusioned with Hollywood\ndue to its treatment of his work. Despite being produced by multiple\nOscar-winner <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0818545/\">Sam Spiegel</a>, adapted by <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0375484/\">Lillian Hellman</a>, and directed by <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0671957/\">Arthur Penn</a>, as\nwell as featuring one of <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0000008/\">Marlon Brando</a>'s finest performances, the film\nversion of <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0060232/\">The Chase (1966)</a> was a debacle. It was excoriated by the critics and\na flop at the box office.<br/><br/>Now out of favor both in Hollywood and on Broadway, Foote went into an\nexile of sorts in New Hampshire. Ten years after "To Kill a\nMockingbird," Duvall gave a brilliant performance in <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0069393/\">Tomorrow (1972)</a>, the movie\nmade from Foote's adaptation of <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0001203/\">William Faulkner</a>'s eponymous story. The film is\na small masterpiece, and was well-reviewed by critics. Foote, whom\nDuvall calls "the rural Chekhov," wrote an original screenplay for the\nactor ten years after their collaboration on "Tomorrow." <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0086423/\">Tender Mercies (1983)</a>\nbrought both of them Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay for Foote and\nBest Actor for Duvall. A couple of years later, <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0656183/\">Geraldine Page</a> would win the\nBest Actress Oscar for Foote's <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0090203/\">The Trip to Bountiful (1985)</a>, which brought him his third\nAcademy Award nomination.<br/><br/>In the 1970s he presented his nine-play cycle "Orphans' Home," based on\nhis family. He remained active as as dramatist and screenwriter\nthroughout the 1980s and '90s, and in 1995, his play "The Young Man\nFrom Atlanta," was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Nominated for\nan Emmy in 1959 for adapting Faulkner's short story "The Old Man" for\n"Playhouse 90," he would win the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a\nMiniseries or a Special 42 years later for his second adaptation of the\nstory (<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/title/tt0119823/\">Old Man (1997)</a>). He remains active in the 21st century, well into his\n90s.<br/><br/>Among Foote's prose works are "Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood"\n(1999), an account of life in Wharton, Texas. Hoote created the\nfictional town of Harrison, Texas, which he used as the locale for many\nof his plays. The first two installments of his autobiography,\n"Farewell," and "Beginnings," were published in 1999 and 2001,\nrespectively.<br/><br/>In addition to his Pulitzer Prize and two Oscars, Foote was honored\nwith the William Inge Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American\nTheatre in 1989, a Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy of Arts and\nLetters in 1998, the Writer's Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement\naward in 1999, and the PEN American Center's Master American Dramatist\nAward in 2000.<br/><br/>Horton Foote's success can be attributed to his honest examination of\nthe human condition, and why some people survive tragedies while others\nare destroyed. His central themes of the sense of belonging and longing\nfor home have resonate with audiences for 60 years.",
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